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Welcome to a Very Special Episode (VSE) of the Call to the Bullpen. No, we aren’t tackling bullying or Jessie’s speed problems, Corey and I are locked in of the MLB trade deadline coming up on the 31st. So we’ve thrown out our format for the week to focus exclusively of the deadline.
We’re less than two weeks away from the MLB trade deadline. Corey and I discuss potential destinations for Zach Greinke, Justin Upton, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Dempster, Matt Garza among others.
In this edition, we go over the best and worst of the season to this point. We argue about the one-game Wild Card playoff. Plus, we reflect on our preseason predictions and how accurate we were in certain cases and how off base we were on others (I picked the Rockies in the NL West. Geez)
Corey and I discuss All-Stars that don’t quite belong, players who should have been invited to the dance, who we think will receive the MLB Final Votes, and general musings on why All-Star games are mostly meaningless with all the access fans now have to every team.
In the first major trade of the 2012 MLB season, the Chicago White Sox traded Zach Stewart and Brent Lillibridge to the Boston Red Sox for the services of Kevin Youkilis. Seizing the opportunity, Corey and I decided to have the boss man, Jerod Morris, on to talk about how this deal will affect Chicago and to go into greater detail of what exactly the BoSox are getting in return.
The Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians each lead their respective divisions at the moment. How did this happen? Can they stay on top? Is Kevin Youkilis Cleveland bound?
Jered Weaver, Troy Tulowitzki, Roy Halladay, Matt Kemp…the list goes on. Many of the biggest stars in Major League Baseball are going down to injury. Corey D’Souza and I welcome special guest Mike Beauvais to the show as we discuss what teams will do to compensate for lost players.
What else could Corey and I talk about this week besides all the umpire insanity in the MLB the past couple weeks? Corey and I discuss how big a part of the game umpires should be, how accountable they should be for missed calls, and what the line really is for showing up an umpire.
Corey and Pat agree, it’s their best episode yet. Lots of stuff to talk about this week, including Josh Hamilton’s heroics, the resurgence of Adam Dunn, and Harper v Hamels. Plus much, much more.
Major League Baseball has already opened up voting for the All-Star game, which has whipped me into a frothy dander. Listen in if you want to listen to me tear down everything about the All-Star Game.
An amazing week of pitching has just wrapped up. Phillip Humber threw the 21st perfect game in MLB history. Cliff Lee and Matt Cain had one of the greatest pitching duels of the past decade and Bartolo Colon turned in an improbable performance Wednesday. Corey and Pat get into it on all these subjects and more.
Earlier this week, Alex Rodriguez tied his former teammate Ken Griffey Jr. for 5th on baseball’s all-time home run list. But why doesn’t this get us going anymore? Have all the PED issues and recent broken records made us complacent? Corey and I talk at length about A-Rod, Jim Thome, and records in general.
Major League Baseball is BACK! The Mariners and Athletics split their Japan series as a wee appetizer for the buffet of baseball presented with this week. Corey and I break down what games you can’t afford to miss Opening Weekend and the storylines that support our bold statements.
For the latest edition of Call To The Bullpen, Corey and Pat put together the fastest and most thorough Fantasy Baseball Preview they could.
Another piping hot episode of Call To The Bullpen is ready. It’s a big one this week as Corey and Pat are joined by Christian Gennara to discuss the Yankees’ plan to trim their payroll to $184 million by 2014 and how they will go about doing so with all their big contracts remaining, plus many other topics.
